Local files section shows you all files located in the "Documents" folder on your device and that files are available for offline playback. Built-in file manager allows you to edit files. You can put audio files to the app by downloading them from the connected cloud service. In the left corner of the navigation bar, there is a transfers button. Tap it to open the transfers queue where you can see all downloads and uploads and manage them. You can change transfers queue speed and network type in the app settings.
Top toolbar
On the top toolbar which is available under the navigation bar, there are several actions available: "Search", "Play all", "Shuffle all".
You can show and hide the top toolbar using a swipe to bottom gesture.
"Search" - perform a search in the current folder.
"Play all" - scan the current folder and its subfolders and add files to the player queue with the current sort order.
"Shuffle All" - the same as above but shuffle files before adding them to the audio player queue.
Special Folders
There are several special folders on the "Local files" screen.
"Imported files" - folder for all files imported from other applications.
"Downloads" - all files downloaded from the cloud services will appear there.
"Audio player" - audio player cache folder. By default audio player downloads some songs in the audio player queue to apply crossfade and optimize playback. You can disable the audio player cache in app settings or just remove that folder from "Local files".
"iCloud" - put some files to that folder and they will be synced across all your devices connected to the same iCloud account.
"Offline folders" - when you make a playlist, album, artist, remote folder available for offline - all that files will be downloaded to this folder. If you need to disable offline mode for some items you can use more actions menu or just remove the corresponding folder located in "Offline folders".
"Album covers" - all album covers for your music library will appear there.
More Actions
On the top right corner of the "Local Files" screen, there is more actions button "...". Tap it to see all available actions.
"Select" - change screen to selection mode.
"New folder" - create a new folder in the current folder on the device.
"Search" - activate search to find a specific file or folder on your device.
"Sort" - sort files by name, size, date edited.
"List"/"Grid" - change content presentation from table to grid.
"Help" - show help instructions.
Files editing
If you need to edit several files just activate selection mode by tapping on more actions button "..." on the navigation bar in the top right corner and then choose the "Select" menu item. After this, you will see checkboxes near every file. Select needed files by tapping on the checkbox. Next actions are available for the selected files:
"Copy" - make a copy for the selected file or folder.
"Upload" - upload file or folder to the remote storage.
"Move" - move file or folder to different folder on device.
"Rename" - rename file or folder by assigning a new name to it.
"Delete" - delete file or folder from the device. This action cannot be undone.
Options menu
For every file or folder in the app, there are several actions available and you can access them by tapping the more button (...) If you don’t see all actions please scroll down to make all items visible.
"Play all" - replace player queue with items from the selected folder.
"Play next" - add file or folder to the top of the player queue.
"Play later" - add file or folder to the bottom of the player queue.
"Add to a playlist" - add file or folder to the playlist. You can also create a new playlist on the next screen. If you create a playlist from the folder - a playlist name will be assigned automatically.
"Edit audio tags" - open built-in tags editor to change audio tags for the selected file.
"Rename" - rename file or folder by assigning a new name to it.
"Move" - move file or folder to a different folder on the device.
"Copy" - make a copy for the selected file or folder.
"Upload" - upload file or folder to the remote storage.
"Open in" - export file to another app.
"Delete" - delete file or folder from the device. This action cannot be undone.
